This is super cool, the art is nice and the unique voices add a nice immersion touch. I think that the hard part of this is knowing which number to press for each of the characters. I think it would be good to have the numbers on top of the character's head so that you instantly know which button they are. As it is you need to look at the player color, find them at the bottom, look at your keyboard to make sure you are on the right key, and then click it. Then you have to make sure the person is set up correctly while also keeping track of all the other characters. It does look like it's set up well for an Xbox controller though with the colors matching the button colors.
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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Overall | #5 | 4.130 | 4.130 |
Theme | #8 | 4.390 | 4.390 |
Innovation | #17 | 4.119 | 4.119 |
Audio | #20 | 4.102 | 4.102 |
Game Design | #27 | 4.136 | 4.136 |
Fun | #64 | 3.932 | 3.932 |
Graphics | #107 | 4.102 | 4.102 |
Ranked from 59 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
Your squad won't last long without each other. Position their firing arcs to cover each other's backs and they become unstoppable!
Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes! (And thanks to Brackeys for all the tutorials!)
Comments
awsome game, the unique voices was a great addition, and the mechanics are cool. my only problem is that its too difficult, especially for a game jam game (or maybe im just bad lol), by the time you reach the self destruct bit, there are so many aliens it becomes imposible too move to another room without dying, sadly i couldnt beat the game but i really enjoyed it, hope it does well! oh and the artstyle is great!
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Cool game. I like that each member of crew has its own voice. And it feels like in a real battlefield, when you place every shooter on different side of corridor to cover your soldiers. But the progress is so small and you must carefully place every character to good position each room. Also when I started the game I had problems with aiming the weapons, but then I got used to it and it was ok.
But I really like the feel of this game. I must work as a team in it and I like it. It really depicts the theme. Good job.
Really unique and quite challenging not going to lie, the art style and sound effects are great, i do just wish i could click on a character to change instead of cycle through though.
Really cool game that has a lot of potential, good job!
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Some of the art looks a bit pixelated near the edges and I don’t think that’s intentional
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The pause button (escape) is the same button to exit fullscreen which I don’t think is a good design choice
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Art style is interesting, unique, and very readable
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I’m not a fan of the walking animations (both for the characters and the enemies)
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The voiceovers are cool
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I feel like it gets way too difficult if you stay in the same area for a few minutesw
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I wish the camera was more zoomed out. Sometimes my characters were quite spaced out so I just can’t see some of them at all
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I wish there was a restart button
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The aiming mechanic is cool
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The audio is really loud
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The escape countdown timer is really distracting
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It feels like the game relies too much on previous playthroughs. There isn’t really any way to know where something is unless you’ve already been there and died before
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I wish you could switch character with the scroll wheel
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I can’t close some of the doors without getting trapped in (for example the scientist room) which is a bit frustrating
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Sometimes you see enemies spawning which breaks immersion
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It’s fun strategically placing my characters
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My blue character turned green so I had 2 green guys but he turned back after
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Sometimes multiple audio clips play on top of each other which makes it harder to hear things
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Very difficult but I won in the end with 2 survivors
What a cool game, it was really surprising to see a top-down shooter kind of game where you really have to strategize! The only issue I had was that the camera didn't feel like it would zoom out enough to show every character at times. Other than that, I had a lot of fun! I don't think I've seen a game like this before and it's executed very well.
Cool game! Really surprised that you have voice actors for it, which makes me feel I'm with the characters. Enjoyed the graphic designs too. One thing to improve that the control of the game is a bit hard, maybe think of a new way to switch between characters smoothly, maybe mouse scrolling? Anyway, good job!
I really dig this concept. Very nice and creative. Fits the theme perfectly. Very well done. The Audio is great and the graphics are fitting.
I think this concept is worth to be more polished and further developed.
Very nice! One of my favorites.
This is an incredible game. You have a really solid concept here. I want to give you feedback, but honestly this is probably the most polished game of this game jam I've played so far. My only suggestion would be improved turning of characters(needs to be more snappy). Otherwise, awesome game! I love it. Like a live action XCOM.
This game was very fun! The gameplay was challenging and needed me to try to come up with a good strategy to beat the game! The squad made it easy to set up in a room and kill a lot of aliens.
I would recommend making it easier to move the guys around, maybe make a follow option? It was a little hard to move around when I had to move a few steps then switch around to everyone else.
The sound was very good and the level of audio polish was great!
My other complaint regards the game page, I would recommend changing the colors a bit as the pinkish color is hard to see against the background.
Other than that this game was amazing! 10/10 would definitely play again!
I think this is the first game that earned 5 stars on all categories in my opinion. The gameplay is very simple yet very good. The art style is unique, the sound design is interesting and even the voice actors did a very good job
I usually leave some criticism with my reviews, but I honestly find it hard to find something negative about it. I could say that the game is hard, but that would be my own shortcoming, not the game's
Perhaps, the only thing I could criticize is that the characters all look the same. Maybe work a bit more on character design to make each character look unique
Also, I love the noise the aliens make when they die lol
This is a phenomenal job. Great work!
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